Teaching Emergent Readers: Collaborative Library Lesson Plans

by Judy Sauerteig

Overview

The purpose of this book is to give media specialists, teachers and/or teacher helpers and parents a guide to using beginning chapter books to encourage first and second graders to read independently. The book contains in-depth lesson plans for 35 early chapter books. Each lesson contains bibliographic information plus setting, characters, plot, solution, and book summary. Activities for the media specialist to provide schema, prediction, fluency, and information literacy skill instruction is provided as well. Teacher activities included address phonics, phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, and the comprehension strategies of recall, inference, and synthesis. Each book section also features a parent take-home page of extension/enrichment ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591582519
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/30/2005
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Judy Sauerteig is Media Coordinator, Cherry Creek Academy, Englewood, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Introduction
And I Mean It, Stanley
Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery
Aunt Eater's Mystery Vacation
Boston Coffee Party
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express
Biscuit Goes to School
Cave Boy
Chang's Paper Pony
Crocodile and Hen
Danny and the Dinosaur
Five Silly Fisherman
Golly Sisters Go West, The
Great Snake Escape, The
Horse in Harry's Room, The
Ice-Code Birthday
Little Bear
Little Bear's Visit
Mouse Tales
Mystery of the Pirate Ghost
No Fighting, No Biting
No Mail for Michael
No More Monsters for Me
Oliver
Oscar Otter
Owl at Home
Porcupine's Pajama Party
Pretty Good Majic
R is Radish
Sammy the Seal
Scruffy
Sleepy Dog
Small Pig
Smallest Cow in the World
Stanley
Three by the Sea

Editorial Reviews

Recommended. If you need a book of comprehensive lesson plans for using early chapter books, this one is well done. It is also useful for those of you who have a fixed schedule in your library and see this age group regularly.” —Teacher Librarian

“Starred Review Teaching Emergent Readers is an excellent way to introduce and use literature with young readers. It will aid teachers and media specialists in motivating students, in teaching and/or reviewing information literacy skills as well as providing a means for students to improve their understanding of literature….This book is an excellent resource for the seasoned as well as the new media specialist or teacher. It provides easy-to-use format for lesson planning. Highly Recommended.” —Library Media Connection

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